Three!!!

I can't get enough of pictures of all three of them. I love them so much and am so grateful they're mine.
(In no particular order -because it'll take me too long to order them.

Family Bowling

Bowling was the clear choice for us when we wanted to celebrate the end of the first week of school. We love to bowl.

We're perfecting three different styles -
Roll it:

Throw it:

And bowl it!


Thanks for coming to play Aunt Courtney!

Trampoline Time

Fairy Tale Ballet

We signed Clare up for Fairy Tale Ballet when we moved here. Whoever thought of this is genius and I mean genius! The girls spend the first 15 minutes learning real ballet stuff (can you tell I'm not a dancer - like that technical term?) and then they all put on the dress of the day. The first day was an Aurora costume. All those little girls in matching Aurora dresses. So cute!!! Then the teacher read them the story and then they got to dance it out. Clare is in LOVE!! Look at these pictures - she's never had so much fun in her entire life. We're waiting with baited breath for Cinderella day. :-)

Oh coconuts!

My idea of what to do with a fresh coconut:
Shea's idea of what to do with a fresh coconut:
(Disclaimer - since he'll hate me for these pictures when he's older. Shea DID NOT know that only the girls wear these. He thought all Hawaiians walked around in a coconut bra. When Chris enlightened him he abandoned his efforts to glue them to his skin. Phew! :-)

Vacation!!!!!

My mom and dad rule! They flew us out to St. Louis a few days after we moved so we could get a break and have some fun and boy did we!!!!

We went to the Arch. So fun!!
I took this picture from the top of the arch of it's reflection in the Mississippi.
You had to ride these little "cars" up to the top. Shea dubbed it the "escape pod" and was convinced if something happened, it would release and we'd float away to safety. :-) It was soo claustrophobic, I was just trying not to hyperventilate the 6 minutes it took to get to the top.

Us with Grandma and Grandpa at the Arch:
We went to a Cardinal's game. We're making a habit of going to baseball games in every city that we live in or visit and this was one of the best! We had a BLAST!!

All except my cute niece Makell, who was NOT a fan of the fireworks and noise. :-)


We took a weekend trip to Nauvoo and Carthage. It was a really special trip. My little sister and Chris and I were able to go through a session at the gorgeous Nauvoo temple. It was so beautiful and so great to be there with Chris and my sis. Nauvoo was super fun, the carriage ride, the blacksmith shop, the family barn, we had a really good time. Carthage was especially touching and I'm so glad we were able to go and take the kids. I don't know if it made an impression on Clare, but I think Shea will always remember it.


We went to the St. Louis zoo:
Holding a giraffe vertebrae and a Zebra tail!




We had so much fun hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa, going shopping, eating out at their favorite restaurants and just enjoying each other!!

One day we did bubbles in Grandma and Grandpa's yard. Shea tripped over one of the little kids and ended up with 4 big wounds. Poor guy.
Reading stories with Grandpa:


Love you guys! Thanks for such a fun two weeks!!!!

Leaving LA

Deciding to move and then moving was so quick that we only had time to do a few of our favorite things "one last time."

The California Science Center:


Natural History Museum:

(I told Shea and best friend Connor to hold hands in the parking lot - and then I thought it looked so cute I made them let me take a picture. I think the exact quote from the boys was, "Ugh, Mom! Ugh Jenna!" :-)
The best friends even got a special night out at a kids restaurant! They got matching tattoos and balloon animals. (Were they excited?)

Disneyland, of course:
Belle thought Fionn was adorable and couldn't stop giving him kisses.


The Beach:


4th of July Picnic with Friends and Dean's Birthday: